tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1852938563658953755..comments2016-12-09T21:54:12.492-05:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SATURDAY, Oct. 6, 2007 - Brendan Emmett Quigley and David QuarfootRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14370126217107909652007-11-17T22:44:00.000-05:002007-11-17T22:44:00.000-05:00PVC is for fresh water lines. ABS is for drains.U...PVC is for fresh water lines. ABS is for drains.<BR/>Usual crossword distortion of the facts to make something work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85107825151193241762007-11-17T18:55:00.000-05:002007-11-17T18:55:00.000-05:00It was Porky's friend who brought me here. I want...It was Porky's friend who brought me here. I wanted so badly for Helos to be the answer to the across clue and could have sworn that Porky Pig had a gal pal named Pansy. Almost said screw it! I *knew* that was the answer to 37A but didn't *believe* it.<BR/>I had decay too.<BR/>(Hope you don't mind the extremely tardy comments; the ARDemGaz is six weeks behind y'all NYawkers.)<BR/>RE: the comments about a timer. I tried timing myself each day last week and discovered that I don't enjoy the puzzles much knowing that the minutes marks are in progress.<BR/>Thanks for the blog.lorettalockhornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31953274688380747722007-11-17T14:54:00.000-05:002007-11-17T14:54:00.000-05:00I believe that Porky's last name was Lee. Was the ...I believe that Porky's last name was Lee. Was the puzzle constructor embedding a vague reference in 5 down?<BR/><BR/>Six Weeks LaterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79124686291808966862007-10-07T19:03:00.000-04:002007-10-07T19:03:00.000-04:00OK, so it's a day after the fact, and I may not ev...OK, so it's a day after the fact, and I may not even be the impetus behind Anonymous 10:42's comment, but let me explain "I stopped my timer":<BR/><BR/>I do the NYT puzzle on paper, and time myself with a stopwatch. (Actually, it's the stopwatch feature on my phone, but anyway.) As a rule, I certainly DO NOT stop my timer as I am solving, but SCREW IT caught me off guard so much that once I knew it was right and I wrote it in the grid, I had to stop and revel in its glory.<BR/><BR/>MNNothnagelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10630904592832096952007-10-07T00:40:00.000-04:002007-10-07T00:40:00.000-04:00Rex,found this reference: Eau-de-vie ("water of li...Rex,<BR/><BR/>found this reference: <BR/><BR/>Eau-de-vie ("water of life") is the default term in French for spirits in general, and specifically for colorless fruit brandy, particularly from the Alsace region of France and from California.<BR/><BR/>Fun puzzle, but tough for me. I agree about the minus sign being a hyphen. There are three sizes: hyphen, en dash, em dash.<BR/><BR/>LOVE The Onion!Rikkinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46983046947747943072007-10-06T23:20:00.000-04:002007-10-06T23:20:00.000-04:00DQ: I just knew you would stop by today. Great p...DQ: I just knew you would stop by today. Great puzzle!! Thanks for adding to the pleasure with your comments.<BR/><BR/>And, as always, thanks for calling "Rex" "Rexy" : ) I love that for some reason. Anyway....<BR/><BR/>Bring 'em on. <BR/><BR/>Want more DQ puzzles. WANT THEM! WANT THEM!<BR/><BR/>OK -- and now to sleep~ Thanks though and to BEQ too!Kittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15733258513026465572007-10-06T21:23:00.000-04:002007-10-06T21:23:00.000-04:00Fun puzzle. Laughed out loud in disbelief at SCREW...Fun puzzle. Laughed out loud in disbelief at SCREW IT. Only gimmes were DRACO and KWON so I spent a lot of time on Google. Even had to look up "Red, White & Crue." Please don't tell me friend Rachel. She'd be so disappointed in me.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of disappointment, I didn't love 43A, ENDASH. I think the minus sign equivalent is a HYPHEN and, as anyone obsessed with punctuation knows (you're all obsessed with punctuation, right? it's not just me?) an en dash and a hyphen are SO not the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Didn't take away from the fun at all though. Now I'm off to tackle Sunday's....PuzzleGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58412944534455371982007-10-06T20:44:00.000-04:002007-10-06T20:44:00.000-04:00Rexy,Fun as always reading the goodies on your blo...Rexy,<BR/><BR/>Fun as always reading the goodies on your blog. To give readers more insight as to how this took shape: BEQ proposed the idea and offered the approach of throwing each other words to build off of. I tossed him NHLDRAFT ("Sporting event canceled in 200?"), but he liked NFLDRAFT more, so he began with that and built the upper-left corner. Then he tossed the puzzle to me and suggested using THEONION. It proceeded like that until completion. Hope people enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>DQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24664334509003092372007-10-06T19:16:00.000-04:002007-10-06T19:16:00.000-04:00Okay, one minor quibble. How come two guys named ...Okay, one minor quibble. How come two guys named Quarfoot and Quigley didn't work a "Q" into the puzzle?jaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84695151298217702312007-10-06T18:50:00.000-04:002007-10-06T18:50:00.000-04:00One of my fav Onion articles:http://www.theonion.c...One of my fav Onion articles:<BR/><BR/>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/usa_today_crossword_puzzleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68908894404730173632007-10-06T18:07:00.000-04:002007-10-06T18:07:00.000-04:00I thought this was one of the most difficult puzzl...I thought this was one of the most difficult puzzles I've encountered in the NYT. Even with google, I couldn't finish it. Much harder than Friday's puzzle (which I thought was relatively easy).Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30555607183384445022007-10-06T17:53:00.000-04:002007-10-06T17:53:00.000-04:00And I amend that ... strictly speaking Lucius was ...And I amend that ... strictly speaking Lucius was far more than a bully so there was only one answer.wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28697955554580984582007-10-06T17:52:00.000-04:002007-10-06T17:52:00.000-04:00Speaking of DRACO, wasn't it odd for a Saturday to...Speaking of DRACO, wasn't it odd for a Saturday to give an extended clue for that instead of just the blank with Malfoy? Seemed more a Monday-style thing to do. The only other answer it could have been would have been LUCIUS.wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51739141735050405242007-10-06T17:32:00.000-04:002007-10-06T17:32:00.000-04:00Since it looks like my beloved Yankees have one ga...Since it looks like my beloved Yankees have one game left to the season, I think I should start posting here instead of on the Yankee websites. Darn bugs.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I thought this puzzle was plenty hard--much more difficult than yesterday's. Only gimme was NETFLIX. Was amused by SCREWIT and embarrassed it took me so long to remember DRACO.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39591618358196649602007-10-06T16:47:00.000-04:002007-10-06T16:47:00.000-04:00Just discovered this blog. I came back to the puzz...Just discovered this blog. I came back to the puzzle after watching "Word Play." I appreciate the reference from the OED, one of my bibles when I was working on my PhD in English.MacMousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72155557829110687312007-10-06T16:22:00.000-04:002007-10-06T16:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for the info on The Onion. I thought it was...Thanks for the info on The Onion. I thought it was web only pub.ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33804733109509454902007-10-06T15:50:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:50:00.000-04:00Did any of you home subscribers tackle the 2nd Sun...Did any of you home subscribers tackle the 2nd Sunday puzzle today? I thought it was a bit lame. <BR/><BR/>Eileen the Puzzle Queen (sometimes)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53961347581839742622007-10-06T15:42:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:42:00.000-04:00Ron said... Trying to understand why LEES is the a...Ron said... <BR/>Trying to understand why LEES is the answer for REFUSE .... any help ? thanks, Ron<BR/><BR/>3:34 PM<BR/><BR/>Are ya kidding? Read the bloody comments, particularly the one right before yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24923748134173664102007-10-06T15:41:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:41:00.000-04:00Feverfew? Oy vey. I had most of the letters, but ...Feverfew? Oy vey. I had most of the letters, but couldn't get the V. I was looking for a some kind of dupe for sap and it took about five minutes to figure out it meant vaccuum even after getting feverfew via dictionary consultation. Nertz!<BR/><BR/>JAE: Nice catch on the apple vis-a-vis Waldorf . . . I didn't pick up on the subtle hint.<BR/><BR/>Eileen the Puzzle Queen (sometimes)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26720807077162955922007-10-06T15:34:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:34:00.000-04:00Trying to understand why LEES is the answer for RE...Trying to understand why LEES is the answer for REFUSE .... any help ? thanks, RonRonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42049382894365387382007-10-06T15:11:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:11:00.000-04:00No one said Manny was the better player. Just that...No one said Manny was the better player. Just that he's miles better than A-Rod when it matters. Manny is second in postseason homers All Time to only ... Bernie Williams (and you know you'd trade 2007 A-Rod for 1996 Bernie Williams in a heartbeat right about now). <BR/><BR/>Def. 2.b. of LEES at OED:<BR/><BR/> b. fig. Basest part, ‘dregs’, ‘refuse’.<BR/><BR/>1593 NASHE Christs T. 30a, Twenty thousand of these dreggy lees of Libertines. 1621 S. WARD Life of Faith xiii. 116 In these Lees and Dregges of time. 1651 HOBBES Leviath. (1839) 321 Pretenders to political prudence..bred for the most part in the lees of the people. 1677 W. HUBBARD Narrative 119 This company of Treacherous Villains, the Dregs and Lees of the Earth. 1706 ESTCOURT Fair Examp. I. i. 11 A Man that will always smell of the Lees of the People. 1726-46 THOMSON Winter 480 He, too, with whom Athenian honour sunk, And left a mass of sordid lees behind. 1838 HALLAM Hist. Lit. (1841) I. ii. 216 Slowly purging off the lees of this extreme corruption. 1851 H. MELVILLE Whale vii. 40 My body is but the lees of my better being. 1859 KINGSLEY Misc. I. 166 The angler..has left for his day's work only the lees of his nervous energy. 1868 MILMAN St. Paul's ix. 220 It is impossible to work a revolution, especially a religious revolution, without stirring up the lees of human nature.Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25950114965880508432007-10-06T15:09:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:09:00.000-04:00I had fewer gimmies than Rex, so this one was chal...I had fewer gimmies than Rex, so this one was challenging. SW was the toughest as I've never heard of FEVERFEW and didn't know a BANDSAW invovled pulleys. It took a while to dredge CLOACA from the bowels of memory. I thought using Apple in the Waldorf clue was very clever. SE, again, was the easiest as ESOBESO, THEONION, and SCUSI were gimmies. My unlucky guess of the day was at the DELOS/DARLA crossing. I put in a C vs. D thinking Porky Pig not Our Gang and hoping he had a friend named CARLA (must study Greek islands). Nothing to quibble with on this one, fair, tough, and enjoyable. Never had to say SCREWIT.<BR/><BR/>Wendy -- I grew up in Medina, OH in the 50s so its great to see Cleveland kicking some keister!jaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88392603490555421582007-10-06T14:51:00.000-04:002007-10-06T14:51:00.000-04:00The Onion is not just midwestern. I routinely get ...The Onion is not just midwestern. I routinely get it in San Francisco and have seen it in L.A. and N.Y. <BR/><BR/>And nothing else to add about SCREWIT. Sweet.<BR/><BR/>ByronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68433733944871589292007-10-06T14:40:00.000-04:002007-10-06T14:40:00.000-04:00Orange,The crud at the bottom of a wine vat (mostl...Orange,<BR/><BR/>The crud at the bottom of a wine vat (mostly dead yeast) is lees. The crud at the bottom of a wine bottle (mostly precipitated tannins) is sediment.<BR/><BR/>They're both dregs, which is the bridge to refuse, but shouldn't be confused. Lees have good uses, unlike many dregs. They add character to wine when the winemaker purposely delays their removal (muscadet is made this way, called <I>sur lie</I>). The lees of Chinese rice wine and Japanese sake are used in the respective cuisines. <I>Kasu</I> is the Japanese word for sake lees, and if you ever see a fish prepared <I>kasu-zuke</I> in a Japanese restaurant, grab it. The fish is flavored with a paste of lees, miso, sugar and sake, which give it a divine taste as well as a silken texture.Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61215810358607027092007-10-06T14:34:00.000-04:002007-10-06T14:34:00.000-04:00Rex,All I can say is there are VERY FEW teams who ...Rex,<BR/><BR/>All I can say is there are VERY FEW teams who will go after Manny as a free agent. Watch what happens with Arod this off season, regardless of how his post season performance turns out.<BR/><BR/> And I still don't understand why your not rooting for a Bosox/Yankees rematch.<BR/><BR/>SNAFU, an acronym from WWII (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up) has become part of the everyday lexicon and lost its real meaning along the way.Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.com